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CSA Report
Canadian Standards Association Confirms Technological Breakthrough of USES® Mfg Inc. Power Enhancement Systems
The prestigious Canadian Standards Association (CSA), the equivalent of Underwriters Laboratory in the U.S., has concluded a yearlong look at a unique American energy efficiency product: USES® Mfg Inc. Shunt Efficiency Systems. With the release of its findings, USES® Mfg Inc., the Connecticut-based manufacturer of this sole source, breakthrough technology, welcomes still further official acknowledgment of the potential of USES® Mfg Inc. systems for enhancing performance, protecting 
equipment and saving energy.
The results of the CSA report support USES® Mfg Inc. claims that include five specific areas of benefit to the power consumer:
- Reduced kW Consumption
- Reduced kWh
- Increased Voltage
- Reduced Amperage
- Increased Power Factor
The CSA testing parameters did not include quantitative measurement of significant additional factors: soft-dollar benefits like surge and spike protection, reduced equipment wear and tear, and reduced total current content, including harmonics.
Abitibi-Price is the Canadian pulp and paper manufacturer at which the USES® Mfg Inc. system was tested. With the combined power needs of their 10 locations in Canada and two in the U.S., Abitibi-Price consumes the equivalent of one percent of the electrical power generated in Canada. While the CSA report discusses results on a single unit, there is a synergistic effect on power enhancement as additional units are installed in parallel. An example of this impact came directly from Abitibi-Price, as reported in an article in International Pulp & Paper Magazine at the start of the CSA evaluation process in 1996.
The CSA report on USES® Mfg Inc. Shunt Efficiency Systems confirms similar findings at scores of application sites in the U.S. and Canada, from private homes to commercial and industrial facilities. It offers objective proof that our power enhancement equipment lives up to its promises with enhanced performance, protection and savings – good news to power users facing the new financial and operational challenges of energy management in the new millennium.
Results of the CSA Report:
CSA Montréal Toronto Edmonton Vancouver Tokyo Hong Kong
Canadian Standards Association, 178 Rexdale Boulevard, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada M9W 1R3
Telephone: (416) 47-4000 Telefax: (416) 747-4149
USES MFG INC.
Ref. LR 99910-7
P.O. Box 156
January 16, 1997
152 Old Colchester Road
Quaker Hill, CT USA 06375
Attn. Mr. Bill Morton
Subject: Witnessing of field measurements with CSA certified Power Factor Correction Capacitors Cat. No. CMES-3D.
Dear Bill,
This letter will serve as our report on the subject matter that took place on April 2, 1996 at Abitibi Price Inc. Sheridan Park.
SCOPE
This exercise is to measure voltage, ampere, power factor and kilowatt in an electrical distribution system with and without using USES CMES-3D power factor correction capacitors. The unit is designed for three phase 347/600V applications and is generally installed using a 40A breaker on a distribution panel or with a 40A disconnect. The USES CMES-3D 600V is designed to be installed on inductive loads.
ELECTRICAL LOADS
On the second floor of the Sheridan Park Technology Centre was the ventilation system. In this system, there were several inductive motor loads rating between 50 horsepower to 5 horsepower, refer to Ill. 1. All loads were controlled from the MCC Control Cabinet in the second floor. This is where the USES CMES-3D 600V model was installed.
METERING USED
Two Tif instrument (Tif KW220-3AV)s were used to do the evaluation on USES CMES-3D 600V model. The first Tif was installed at the first floor electrical room next to the utility meter to evaluate savings. The second Tif was used at the load to evaluate if any changes were seen.
Two Amprobe (ACD-2000)s were used at the same locations to evaluate true RMS-Amperage readings.
Two Amprobe (7A)s were used at the same locations to evaluate the average amperage.
Two Protec (504)s were used at the same locations to evaluate the voltage.
Two Tif instrument (2300)s were used at the same locations to evaluate the power factor.
Also readings were taken from the utility supplied Digital Meter (Schlumberger VIP 2.5 ELX).
Readings were taken simultaneously when USES was energized and de-energized, meter was reset on each procedure.
Manufacturer provided the following illustrative material
- Equipment floor plan Ill. 1
- Readings measured Ill. 2 to 7
- Data graphs Ill. 8 to 12
- Conclusion Ill. 13
All the above information are on file in the Engineering department at CSA in Etobicoke, Ontario and are to be used for future reference.
With the completion of the above tests, this completes the scope of work originally contemplated for this project. The file No. LR 99910-7 has been closed and you will receive, in due course, a statement of your account as it concerns this application.
Yours very truly,
Charles Law P. Eng.
Motors, Controls and Switchgear Group
Re: Test Results of the USES® Product
CONCLUSION: Ill. 13 LR 99910-7
With the USES® CMES-3D 600V model energized into the Ventilation System Electrical System, at Abitibi Price, Inc. Sheridan Park Technology Center, Mississauga, Ontario, the following results were verified:
- Voltage had a 2.3 Volt increase from 600.8 (Average) Volts to 603.1 Volts.
- Amperage was reduced from 108.6 AMPS to 89.3 AMPS, a 19.3 Amperage reduction.
- The Power Factor was increased from .86 to .99.
- True KW was reduced from 96.1 to 92.3. This was a 3.8 kW reduction in consumption.
- On the time evaluation, kWh consumption was reduced.
All test loads remained fairly constant due to the steady temperature outside. The air handling load ran constant during test procedures.
The loads on the complex were constant due to all variable loads were rendered inoperable during testing.
The following was observed at Abitibi Price, Inc. Sheridan Park Technology Center, Mississauga, Ontario:
- KW Savings
- KWH Savings
- Reduction of Amperage
- Voltage Regulation
- Power Factor Improvement
